English
valorous
Valorous comes from Old French valeureux ‘valiant’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400valeureux‘valiant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599valorous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400valeureux‘valiant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599valorous
Earliest quotation: 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fift: “[…] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
wild, value, equivalent, valid, wool, velvet, valuation, avail, wield, fluff, flannel, vale, valiant, cuckold, vail, lanolin, valour, woll, velour, 44 more
Today it means
adj Having or displaying valour.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- / valorous